Locomotive ash pan



F. A. MAYER y LocoMoTIvE `AsH PANv 2 sheets-sheet 1 'Filed Dec. 27, 1920 Oct. 30, v1923. 1,472,659

. F. A.' MAYER LocoMoTlvE: ASH PAN Filed peo. 27. 1920 2 sheets-Sheet 2 Patented @cti 30, 1923.`

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FRANK ANTHONY MAYER, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT COLUMBIA..

nocoivrofrrvn Asn PAN. j l' Application led December 27, 1920. Serial No. $3,220.

i this character having a rear end discharge opening and wherein said opening will normally be closed in suoli manner that ashes orvhotv coals cannot trickle through the opening onto the railway track.

The invention has as a further object to provide a locomotive ash pan pivotedv at its lower margin so that the ashes can discharge from the pan only after the `door has been swung downwardly and rearwardly to open position. v i j i n And the invention has as a still further object to provide a locomotive ash pan wherein the ash door thereof may normally be locked closed. j

Other and incidental objects will appear hereinafter. j j

In the drawings:

Figure l is a side elevation vshowing my improved ash pan in connection with the fire box and adjacent parts of a locomotive of conventional design, a

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view taken medially through the pan, this view illustrating the ash door of the pan closed,

Figure 3 is a perspective view showing the pan in detail and illustrating the ash door open,

Figure 4 is a rear end elevation of the pan, parts of the locomotive being in VsecvOIli j Figure 5 is a fragmentary section showing the mounting of the door brackets employed, and v y y Figure 6 is a fragmentary perspective view particularly illustrating the locking yokeemployed in connection with the door. yIn carrying the invention into effect, my improved ash pan is formed with a rearwardly and downwardly sloping bottom wall 10 to which are riveted or otherwise secured upstanding side walls 11. At its forward end margin the bottom wall is turned up to form a relatively short front wall 12 for the pan and'riveted or otherwise secured to the upper margins of the side and front walls are supporting sheets 13, it being observed that the sheets which are securedy to the side walls are inclined laterally outward. j 1n Figures 1 and 4i: of the drawings, I have shown my improved ash pan in connection with the tire box.`

and adjacent parts of a locomotive ci' conventional design and, as will be observed, the supporting sheets 13 are appropriately connected with the tire boX for sustaining the ash pan to hang therebeneath, the bottom wall 10 sloping rearwardly below the fire box. Preferably, brackets 14 are arranged between the side frames of the locomotive and the sheets at the sides ofthe pan for bracing said sheets and rigidly susi taining the pan. y

Bolted. or otherwise secured against the inner side faces of the side walls 11 of the pan is a pair of oppositely disposed angle irons 15 sloping upwardly and forwardly from the bottom wall of the pan. At the upper ends of these angle irons is arranged a pair of opposit-ely disposed angle irons 16 which extend vertically and mounted at the upper ends of the angle irons 16 is a pair ofoppositely disposed angle irons 17 which i slope lupwardly and rearwardly to the upper edges of the side walls. Secured to the angle irons 16 and 17 is the rear end wall 18 of the panr so that this `end wall is thus spaced inwardly from the rearedges of the side walls, the rear margins of the side walls providing a guard for the rear end wall. This end wall terminates at the lower ends of the angle irons 16 and below the lower edge of said wall is defined a door opening. Mounted against the `outer sides of the side walls v11 `opposite the pair of angle irons 15, is a pair of rearwardly directed brackets 19. 'As shown in detail in Figure 5, these brackets are secured by the bolts'which hold said angle irons and, at their lower end portions, the brackets are, as best seen in Figurei, deiiected laterally outward while the `bracket tips are bent forwardly to overlap an ash` door 21'adapted tofreely ytit between l the side walls 11 and secured toy the lower margin of said door at its outer side is a cross bar 22 upon the ends of which are formed trunnions 23 and 24 extending freely through the terminals' 20 of the brackets. The brackets will thus support as will y.now be noted, the bar22 ismounted in spaced relation to the lower edge of the doorso that when the door is opened the lower margin of the door will engage beneath the bottom wall l() for limiting the -door in its movement to open position. As

shown in Figure 3, the door will then conform to the inclination of the bottom wall, providing a continuation thereof. The door is, as best shown in Figure 2, movableto closed position seating against the angle irons Vl5 and, at its upper margin, the door is formed with a laterally deflected lip adapted to overlap the lower margin of the rear end wall 18 of the pan so that a closed joint will be formed between said wall and the door as well as between the door and the side walls 1l of the pan. Further, when the door is closed, said door will abut the rear end edge. ofthe bottom wall of the pan, so that a closed joint will be formed between this wall and the door. Consequently, as will be seen, ashes within f the pan cannot, when the door is closed, sift Yor trickle through the door opening onto the railway track.

As will now be observed, the trunnion 24 ofthe bar 22 is somewhat longer than the trunnion 23 and connected to the former trunnion atV its outer end is a levery 26. Suitably secured to the adjacent side frame of the locomotive is an upsta'n'ding arm 27 provided at its upper end with a rearwardly directed yoke 28, the members of which are,

'as particularly shown in Figure. 6, formed Vwith spaced pairs of oppositely disposed openings 29. Formed in the upper end portion of 'the lever 26 is an opening 30 which may be 'brought into register with each of the pairs of openings 29 and adapted toV removably engage through said openings, is a locking pin 3l. When lthe ash pan is first installed the arm 27 is so positioned that, when the door 2l is closed, the opening 30 in the lever 26 will register with the outermost pair of the openings 29 in the yoke 28 of said arm whereby the door may be locked closed. However, due to the terrific vibration of the locomotive as well as the excessive jolting to which the locomotive is subjected, wear upon the brackets 19 at theV journals of the cross bar 22 and also upon the `trunnions of said `bar is very 26 must be swungfurther rearward Vbetween the members-of the yoke 28 in order toi close absence of any arrangement whereby thel locking means for the door can be adjusted, it is necessary to'renew the pivotal mountings of the door. This operation requires removal of the door and thus linvolves eX- pense as well as idleness of the locomotive. The door may be opened by simply removing the pin 31 and swinging the lever 26 rearwardlyrand downwardly and, as will be seen, the weight of any ashes retained by the door will tend to facilitate opening of the door. l accordingly provide a highly efficient vconstruction 'for the purpose Vset forth and while, in the present instance, l have' shown the pan as provided with but a single door still, as will be appreciated, the pan Amay be readily formed with one or more additional doors, it being contemplated within the spirit of the present invention that the ,pan may be thus modified to meet.

Having ums described um invention, what is claimed as new is:

In a locomotive ash pan,fthe combination of a body having side and bottom walls and a rear end wall and provided with a discharge opening at the rear end of the body,

brackets secured to the side walls, a door,V

a bar secured against 'the door `to extend thereacross and provided at its ends with trunnions journaled upon said` brackets swingingly supporting Athe door for movement to normally close said opening, a stationary arm rvprovided at its upper end with a yoke. having spaced members, a `lever rigidly secured to lone of said trunnions .and freely moi'iable between said members, the members being provided with spacedlopenings, and a locking pin engageable through the openings of said members and through the leverseeuring the` door closed, the'openings in said members being adapted to receive the locking pin to hold the arm in dif- Vferent positions Aof adjustmentsecuring the door in closed position.

VIn testimony whereof l afliX my signature.

FRANK ANTHONYIMAYER. [L Sli 

